Change is coming …

An invitation to a community Open Space discussion event for Northern Edinburgh and Leith

Tuesday 1 December McDonald Road Library 6 – 9pm

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I would like to draw your attention to a community-focused event coming up shortly which I think will be of interest to you and to your contacts living and working in Northern Edinburgh & Leith. Continue reading Change is coming …

Rally to the call!

St Andrew’s Day rally call beamed across Scotland

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Famous Scottish landmarks – including our own Usher Hall and Tron Kirk – provided a dramatic setting to poignant lines from Scottish poet Mary Symon’s poem ‘Hame’ (St Andrew’s Day under the Southern Cross) to stir the heart strings ahead of St Andrew’s Day on November 30. Continue reading Rally to the call!

AARG: Roller Girls head to head at home

Home double header on 28 November

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In this year’s Home Season, Auld Reekie Roller Girls three home teams – the Cherry Bombers, Leithal Weapons and Skatefast Club – have battled it out in three fast and furious games, all of which will culminate in November’s grand final.

The Skatefast Club had a decisive win over Leithal Weapons in the first game of the Home Season, before the Leithals rallied with a win against the Cherry Bombers in the second game. Following a rollicking game in early November in which Skatefast Club beat the Cherry Bombers, we’re set for a dramatic finish to the season as the Leithal Weapons takes on the Skatefast Club, juking it out for supremacy. The grand final will be a double-header, with the third-placed home team, the Cherry Bombers, taking on guest team – The Rolling Bones.

Both games will take place on Saturday 28 November at Meadowbank Sports Stadium on London Road.

Doors open at 1pm, so come along and view our cake, merchandise and local vendors stalls before the first game begins at 1.30pm.

ARRG has arranged a special license for a bar, and there will be amazing half-time entertainment and a charity fundraising raffle. There will also be separate seating areas for families and young children, and a children’s craft corner to keep little ones amused.

Tickets are £6 in advance, £8 on the door, available from Brown Paper Tickets:

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2252540

ARRG has also introduced new prices for unwaged and Senior (over 65’s) fans at £5 per ticket, as well as free entry for disability leisure card holders and a carer.

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The sky’s the limit for St Columba’s Hospice!

Up, up and away: North Pole here we come – virtually!

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St Columba’s Hospice is taking its fundraising to the skies with an environmentally friendly balloon race. The Hospice is organising a race in which balloons will fly all the way to the North Pole! Continue reading The sky’s the limit for St Columba’s Hospice!

Trinity’s first ever Fire Festival tonight

WINTER FIRE FESTIVAL

Friday 13 November, 6:15pm at Victoria Park

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Victoria Park’s first ever Winter Fire Festival will take place tonight (Friday 13 November) from 6.15pm. Organised by Trinity Primary PSA but open and free to all the local community, the festival will feature the first ever Trinity torchlight procession around Victoria Park. Continue reading Trinity’s first ever Fire Festival tonight